Brian Wawn

Energising the Liberals

27 October 2023 4:00 am

The Liberal Party’s energy policies lack clarity, making them ill-suited to take to the next federal election (due by mid-2025).…

The Liberals and energy policy: only half-right

16 August 2023 4:30 am

The Liberals are to be congratulated for opening-up the discussion of nuclear power as an option for Australia. Following encouraging…

Coal: the missing link

26 May 2023 5:00 am

Coal will be indispensable for electricity generation in Australia for the foreseeable future. Of its competitors; natural gas is much…

The Liberals need to thrash-out their energy policy with a debate

17 April 2023 8:00 am

Defeat in the Aston by-election in Melbourne this month was a bitter blow for the Liberals. Victorian party leader, John…

A fresh approach to energy policy

13 March 2023 5:00 am

Current energy policy in Australia is based on the arguments that greenhouse-gas emissions should be sharply reduced and that, as…

Looking back from 2035

18 February 2023 5:00 am

Writing in 2035, it is easy to see what failed the Liberals in the 2020s. But it was not so…

Hydrocarbons: the miracle of modernity

1 February 2023 5:30 am

Hydrocarbons are ‘part of the miracle of modernity’ and replacing them is an enormous challenge. But this challenge has to…

Who wants to run a gas company?

20 December 2022 4:00 am

Between mid-2020 and late 2022, average gas prices in the eastern states of Australia increased four times, according to figures…